excretion
/ekˈskriːʃən/noun
mass noun
1- (in living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter(生物体和细胞中的)排泄; 分泌。
1.1
- count noun a product of this process排泄物; 分泌物:
bodily excretions.
身体的排泄物。
词源
early 17th cent.: from French excrétion or Latin excretio(n-), from excernere 'sift out' (see EXCRETE).